After a Mass Lobby of MPs in London, people across Scotland will meet their MSPs at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh on Thurs 18th Sept to call for urgent, fair climate action. Will you join them? 💚 📝 Sign up here: https://t.co/Ui0yy6hA0F #ActNowChangeForever #MassLobby

We’re one of 49 organisations publishing a joint active travel manifesto for 2026: Thriving places, healthier communities, and saving lives. We’re calling on all political parties to support the 5 commitments::

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Scotland has been an ambitious trailblazer in active travel in the past, we need to translate that ambition into commitment and delivery. We will continue to work with the Scottish Government to ensure cycling and walking is part of its plans for a greener and healthier Scotland

With a third of Scots currently doing little to no physical activity each week, we need to find ways to enable people to make shorter journeys more active. It stands to benefit public health, both mental and physical, as well as our economy.

They don’t address how congested our roads are, which deters people from using healthier forms of transport, although scrapping the peak rail fares is a good step to making public transport more accessible.

Transport is Scotland’s biggest carbon emitter, and electric cars are part of the solution, but they aren’t going to solve all our problems.

It’s a relief to see that tackling the climate crisis remains one of the @scotgov top priorities in this #ProgrammeforGovernment but the lack of a clear plan to encourage more active travel, such as cycling and walking, makes that challenge harder to deal with.

We now need a clear direction that puts people ahead of cars, for Scotland’s health, communities and for the climate. 🔚

66% of all car journeys are made alone. 😢

50 per cent of short journeys made in Scotland (between 1-2 kilometres) are taken by car. 🩳

35% of Scots do little or no physical activity each week, with huge health and wellbeing consequences for the NHS.🚑

Almost a third of climate-damaging emissions in Scotland come from transport and the biggest contributor here is from is private car use. 🚗☁️

Getting people out of cars is beneficial and popular, on an individual basis but also across society. Change is essential and these targets are not arbitrary. 🥳

We’ve waited for a long time for the Route Map to 20% by 2030 to come out and now it seems as if government is lost and lacking direction. 🤷‍♀️

In 2020, the Scottish Government committed to reducing car km by 20% by 2030. We praised their ambition then, and hoped they’d follow up with bold action towards modal change. 👏

It’s disheartening to see that Scottish Government have dropped their own target on reducing car use, this week. 🧵

🚴‍♀️ Boosting cycling access on Arran 🌿 👉 Discover how the Cycle Access Fund is transforming active travel on Arran: https://t.co/oTATd8lIkG

🚴‍♀️ Norma thought her bike would collect dust—now she’s leading group rides! 🚴‍♀️ Read the full article to learn more about Norma’s inspiring journey and how community-led cycling initiatives change lives. 🔗👇 https://t.co/Ch4OZ6K0UR

🚴How Jim found fitness & community through cycling When aspiring poet Jim Mortimer spotted a Facebook post about The Aberdeenshire Bothy’s led rides, he had no idea how much it would change his life. Read Jim’s full poem and inspiring story here: https://t.co/3ys4mXXiRJ